21 Odd Items That Pass As Direct Mailing Products

When it comes to direct mail advertising, experience proves that the most effective campaigns are often the most memorable ones. Mail marketing campaigns often play around with standout paper types and die cuts and coating, but why stop there?

Since direct mail shares a physical message, why not maximize the physical capabilities of this medium? It might be time to add something odd and unexpected to the mix.

Compiled by BuzzFeed’s Michelle Porucznik, here is a list of 21 odd items that USPS will mail:

1. Coconut
2. Potato
3. Box of candy
4. Flip-flop
5. Sombrero
6. Lime
7. Rock
8. Brick
9. Inflated beach ball
10. Pinata
11. Box of balloons
12. Supplies in a bottle
13. Rose in a bottle
14. Disposable camera
15. Plastic Easter egg
16. Frisbee
17. Bucket and shovel
18. Seashell
19. Pillow
20. Orange
21. Plastic toys

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Whether you’d consider bulk mailing 5,000 Easter eggs during Holy Week, or a few roses-in-bottles for February, BuzzFeed’s article will certainly get your gears turning. Click here to read more about the odd products that direct mail printing houses and lettershops can help you mail out!